After serving for two years as Captain in the Army Dental Corps, Dr. Cotesworth Fishburne, Jr. began his dental practice in 1965 and has continued until becoming semi-retired in 2002. Dr. Fishburne's civic and professional accolades include being the Chairman of the Salvation Army Board, a former President of the Kiwanis Club, an Elder in the First Presbyterians Church, a former President of Tri-County Dental Society and Central District Dental Society, and State President of the South Carolina Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Fishburne is also a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry and a Fellow of the International College of Dentistry. Dr. Fishburne is an original member of the FRD Board and has served for twenty-four years as an MUSC Trustree. He has three dental devices patented and one pending.